Why does epee use repêchage?

[downunder]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

Show me a parallel to Elaine Cheris and we'll talk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignoratio_elenchi

+

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variance
vs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean

[Inquartata]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettle_logic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludic_fallacy

[downunder]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

[piste off]

My theory is that the ROW weapons are typically fenced by effete, delicate flowers... and that they wind up retiring early because of injuries.

Of course I don’t have statistics to thrust around, but look around in the real world.

[Grasshopper]

I recently saw a world champion in saber get completely exhausted after just one epee bout."

. Yeah, he was the ref.

[fencerX]

All of a sudden, many of us are really looking forward to the next Wikipedia blackout.

[Inquartata]

My theory is that the ROW weapons are typically fenced by effete, delicate flowers... and that they wind up retiring early because of injuries.

Yes, but all theories originating with epeeists are automatically suspect*. So we may disregard it on principle. Also, epeeists don't know anything about the real world. I mean, they think it's the hardest weapon to ref, that epeeists are the best athletes, that noncombativity is really beautiful, deep strategic maneuvering---I could go on.









*And, of course, boring.